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changeset 78252:3921d3c71e64 2.7

Issue #15250: Document that filecmp.dircmp compares files shallowly. Patch contributed by Chris Jerdonek. [#15250]

Senthil Kumaran senthil@uthcode.com
date	Sun, 22 Jul 2012 19:36:03 -0700
parents	9f500171c592
children	dbe7f39ff341
files	Doc/library/filecmp.rst Misc/NEWS
diffstat	2 files changed, 12 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)[+] [-] Doc/library/filecmp.rst 11 Misc/NEWS 4

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--- a/Doc/library/filecmp.rst +++ b/Doc/library/filecmp.rst @@ -75,6 +75,9 @@ The :class:dircmp class 'tags']. *hide* is a list of names to hide, and defaults to [os.curdir, os.pardir]``.

The :class:dircmp class compares files by doing shallow comparisons
as described for :func:filecmp.cmp. + The :class:dircmp class provides the following methods:

@@ -94,7 +97,7 @@ The :class:dircmp class Print a comparison between a and b and common subdirectories (recursively).

The :class:dircmp offers a number of interesting attributes that may be

The :class:dircmp class offers a number of interesting attributes that may be used to get various bits of information about the directory trees being compared.

@@ -146,12 +149,14 @@ The :class:dircmp class .. attribute:: same_files

 Files which are identical in both *a* and *b*.[](#l1.26)

 Files which are identical in both *a* and *b*, using the class's[](#l1.27)

```
 file comparison operator.[](#l1.28)
```

.. attribute:: diff_files

 Files which are in both *a* and *b*, whose contents differ.[](#l1.33)

 Files which are in both *a* and *b*, whose contents differ according[](#l1.34)

 to the class's file comparison operator.[](#l1.35)

.. attribute:: funny_files

--- a/Misc/NEWS +++ b/Misc/NEWS @@ -304,12 +304,16 @@ Build

Issue #14437: Fix building the _io module under Cygwin. Documentation +-------------
Issue #13557: Clarify effect of giving two different namespaces to exec or execfile().
Issue #14034: added the argparse tutorial. +- Issue #15250: Document that filecmp.dircmp compares files shallowly. Patch

contributed by Chris Jerdonek. + What's New in Python 2.7.3 release candidate 2? ===============================================